David WHITNEY

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"Whitney Genealogy": They settled in Norwalk, where she died 28 Oct. 1798, aged, according to the gravestone, 80 years, 4 months, and 22 days, but really, from the change of style, eleven days less. The church-record of New Canaan, Conn., has the death, in "Nov. 1798", of "the wife of Mr. Whitney," which refers to her. He died at Silver Mine, in New Canaan, 16 Apr. 1816, and was Buried in New Canaan. Tradition calls him a soldier of the Revolutionary War. It is said that they dwelt, many years, in Pudding Lane, about half a mile north of Norwalk Bridge, in a house which was torn down in the spring of 1865; and that he had charge of a grist-mill, in which his son, Ebenezer Whitney, succeeded him. "For many years he owned and commanded a sloop, in which he performed great service for the Continental Government in carrying dispatches and supplies under the very guns of the British ships." An interesting account of his adventures was published a few years ago in the "New York Sunday Despatch", under the title, "Revolutionary Scenes. By T.R. Whitney," from which it appears that when Norwalk was burned, in 1779, he ran out of the harbor with his sloop loaded with the families and goods of his neighbors, escaping the British, and safely reaching Stamford.

David married Elizabeth HYATT on 11 May 1741 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Ebenezer HYATT and Elizabeth BATES) was born on 06 Jun 1718 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 28 Oct 1798 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ebenezer WHITNEY was born on 8 Aug 1742 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 2 Apr 1808 in New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
2. Timothy WHITNEY was born on 13 Jul 1744 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 15 Jun 1825 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
3. Betty WHITNEY was born on 5 Apr 1746 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
4. David WHITNEY was born on 17 Feb 1748 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 30 Mar 1748 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
5. Anna WHITNEY was born on 14 Feb 1749 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 16 Sep 1754 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
6. Esther WHITNEY was born on 3 Feb 1751 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 20 Jun 1830 in Walton, New York.
7. Abigail WHITNEY was born on 3 Apr 1754 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Sep 1834 in Five Mile River, Norwalk, Connecticut.
8. Anna WHITNEY was born on 10 Apr 1756 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Mar 1835 in Walton, Delaware County, New York.
9. Deborah WHITNEY was born on 20 Jul 1758 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 5 Dec 1838 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
10. David Hyatt WHITNEY was born on 25 Aug 1761 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 7 Sep 1834 in Walton, Delaware County, New York.

Joseph married Hannah HOYT on 06 Jul 1704 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of Deacon Zerubbabel HOYT and Hannah KNAPP) was born in 1685 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died about 1740 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 1734, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut